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Digimon Season 2.5 "Digimon Adventure 03"

Episode 8: "The Undead King Makes his Move"

.:Kamiya apartment, Odaiba, Tokyo:.

Tai opened the front door and almost literally pushed Dawn into the apartment before slamming the door behind him once their Digimon were inside.

Dawn gulped as she could feel his angry gaze on him. She turned around to face her father. "Look I can explain-"

"What the hell were you thinking?!" Tai exploded. "What possessed you to send two Digimon to attack the school?! Did it not cross your mind how stupid that is?!"

"Dad I only-"

"You could have got someone killed today Dawn! And you almost got your cousin hurt! If anyone finds out you're responsible for this you'll be in more trouble than you are gonna be right now!" Tai shouted. He was starting to let his temper get the best of him.

Dawn looked up nervously at him. She couldn't remember the last time he was this angry at her. "I didn't mean for it to go that far… I only asked them to cause a little commotion so I could stall some time to finish my homework off. I thought if they could close the school for the day I would be able to finish it."

"That's it?! You caused massive danger just to escape getting what? A Detention for not finishing your homework?! That's no reason to do what you did! Me and your mother warned you about your studies and you ignored us and do this! Be thankful no one was seriously hurt or you'd be grounded until you turn eighteen!"

Dawn just grinned sheepishly at him. "Heh... sorry."

"It's not funny Dawn. Now give me your digivice." Her father demanded as he held his hand out.

Dawn looked up a little shocked. "What? Why!?" she questioned, resting her hand on her orange D-Power.

"You're not sneaking off anywhere and getting involved in anymore fighting for a while, now give me it!" Tai repeated, his voice getting a little louder.

Dawn glared back at her father. She unclipped her digivice and threw it on to the floor. Luckily it didn't break. "Fine then! Take it! See if I give care!" she yelled back, her own temper starting to erupt.

"Don't give me that attitude or I'll ground you for even longer!"

"I hate you!" Dawn almost screamed in anger.

"Get to your room Akira!" Tai yelled pointing to her bedroom door. "NOW!"

Dawn continued to glare up at him but visibly flinched when he called her by her real name. Her parents very rarely called her that, and it was usually when they were angry at her. Clenching her fists she stormed off to her room, slamming the door behind her.

The older Agumon of the two looked up at his human partner. "Wasn't that a little harsh Tai?" he asked.

Tai had picked up his daughter's digivice and walked into the kitchen before slamming it down on the table. "You wouldn't understand Agumon, you're not her father!" he snapped.

Dawn's Agumon followed the two into the kitchen, coming to a stop next to the dining table. "Dawn would never cause that much trouble that would put people's lives in danger though."

Tai sighed not facing the two reptile Digimon. "I know." He muttered, seemingly calmer than he was a few moments ago.

"Then why yell at her like that?" his Agumon asked. "I know what she did was pretty stupid. And you know she doesn't think about the consequences of her actions. Chuumon and Sukamon are way too stupid to be a serious threat to people. If you ask me, something happened to them."

Tai turned to face them. "To be honest, I don't know what came over me… I just lost control of my temper. Ever since Gennai's death I've been feeling like I need to keep an eye on everyone and keep them safe… especially after I promised my mother I'd look after Dawn. I guess I was angrier at myself than Dawn and I just took it out on her."

"You can't be everywhere at the same time to keep everyone safe Tai. Things will happen." Agumon commented. "You can't feel guilty for everything that happens when you couldn't have done anything."

"I feel it is my responsibility as the leader though. I'm supposed to keep the team and my family safe." Tai said, leaning against the kitchen counter.

"Well it's obviously stressing you out." Dawn's Agumon piped up. "And you've started taking it out on the ones you love."

Tai's brown eyes gazed over at his daughter's bedroom door. Their Digimon were right. He was getting stressed out and taking on too much responsibility but he couldn't help it. He felt he had to. And right now he was taking it out on his daughter.

"Well?" his Agumon broke him from his thoughts. "You know what you've got to do now."

Tai sighed and gave his partner a small smile. "Yeah I know, I know. Go and apologise." He picked up the orange D-power on the table. "That is if she'll talk to me now." He added before walking across the hall to his daughter's room.

He paused for a second before placing his hand on the door handle and slowly opening it and slipping inside her room. There she was lying on her bed with her back to the door.

"Hey kiddo?" he spoke softly. He didn't get an answer which he wasn't surprised about. "Can I talk to you for a sec?" he asked as he walked over to her bed and sat down just beside her.

Dawn didn't answer. She honestly didn't know what to say. She just remained silent and buried her face in her red pillow.

Tai placed a hand on her shoulder and gently rubbed it. "I'm sorry kiddo. I didn't mean to shout at you like that."

"Yes you did." Was Dawn's muffled reply from her pillow.

"Okay, what you did was wrong, but I let my temper take over and I shouldn't have. I should have let you explain instead of yelling at you." Her father explained.

"You don't understand anyway." His daughter muttered, shrugging his hand off her.

"You know, I did my fare shares of trying to get out of detentions when I was your age." he said with a slight hint of amusement. He then added with a laugh. "And hey, if we could all attack buildings we hate I would have destroyed my office ages ago."

Although he couldn't see it, Dawn was smiling at his comment. She slowly sat up and faced her father, her small smile still showing. "I'm really sorry Dad… I didn't mean for it to go that far, honest. I didn't know they were gonna digivolve into evil Digimon."

Tai smiled. "I understand. You're just as mischievous as I was. But you've got to think more carefully next time okay? Doing something like that can easily get out of your control. I don't want anything to happen to you."

Dawn nodded. "Yeah I know…I'll try to be more careful next time." She then added. "But you threatened to ground me from going to the Digital World if I didn't do my homework."

"We only said that to try and get you to concentrate on your studies more. Me and your Mom don't want you falling too far behind when things are quiet. We thought if we threaten you with something you like doing then it might make you take it seriously. We weren't actually going to stop you from going." Tai explained.

Dawn sighed and lowered her head.

Tai then held his arms opening smiling, signalling for a hug. "So am I forgiven?" he asked.

Dawn giggled whilst leaning forward and hugging him. "Yeah. What about me? Am I still grounded? I promise I won't do it again." she said looking up at him with a cheeky smile.

Tai flashed his famous grin. "I can never stay mad at you kiddo." He replied ruffling her hair.

Dawn gave a similar grin back before giving him a blank look. "Is that a yes or a no?"

.:Izumi apartment, Odaiba, Tokyo:.

"I'm telling you Jonathon something happened to Sukamon and Chuumon." Dan explained.

It was Saturday morning, the day after the attack on the school. The two boys and their Digimon were in Jonathon's room. Whilst Dan sat on the bed with Veemon, Jonathon was at his computer with Tentomon by his side.

"My Dad told me those two are complete clowns and wouldn't hurt a fly. There's no way they'd attack the school on their own accord. Something must have possessed them... are you even listening to me?" Dan questioned the older boy who was engrossed in his computer.

"Oh I'm listening." Jonathon replied, not taking his eyes off the computer. "I just find it hard to believe that when they were perfectly fine when Dawn first brought them here. If it's anyone's fault, it's hers."

"But how did they digivolve?" Veemon wondered.

"Exactly. Jonathon, it wasn't Dawn's fault. Something happened to Sukamon and Chuumon, you have to believe me! They managed to digivolve into two darker Digimon. She didn't plan that." Dan explained. "Something had to have possessed them just before they attacked."

"It is a possibility." Tentomon spoke up.

Jonathon sighed and turned to Dan. "Well of course you'd side with her. You two are always playing pranks. And how do you know she didn't plan for them to launch a full scale attack? Everyone knows how much she hates school."

"Dawn would never do that."

Jonathon shrugged. "It's possible. She's reckless. She never once thinks about the consequences of her actions. If she had, maybe what happened wouldn't have. You think you know someone but even our wildest thoughts can overcome reality and make us do something stupid."

Dan clenched his fists and stood up from the bed. "I think I know Dawn a lot better than you. We've been best friends since we were babies and know each other inside out. I know she would never do something like that on purpose. And if you won't help me find out what really did happen then I'll do it myself!"

The goggle boy stormed out of the room with Veemon in hot pursuit, not giving Jonathon a chance to respond. The black haired boy just sighed and returned to his computer.

"Why are those two so awkward sometimes?"

.:Area 66, Digital World:.

Everything was peaceful in Area 66, just as it should be. The desert land stretched for miles but wasn't flat as hills and mountains covered a large portion of the area. The only flat piece of land was in the middle of a circle of large rocky hills.

A lone building was situated in the middle. It was a strongly built security fortress with two levels. It was longer than it was high and the walls were built with the strongest stone in the Digital World. Around the grounds were barbed wire fences that were at least ten feet tall. A large metal gate that was heavily bolted was the only way in and was guarded by two Tankmon.

Not much was known about this building. The only thing that was known was there was a precious jewel heavily guarded inside by order of Gennai before he had died. Only a selected few knew and had seen what was hidden inside the Port Room.

Silence was everywhere as the army of Tankmon, Guardromon and Mekanorimon patrolled the corridors.

But the stillness was short lived as security alarms began bellowing throughout the entire building. Red lights flashed everywhere lighting up every corridor.

"Intruder alert! Intruder alert!" Hagurumon almost screamed inside the computer room.

Another Hagurumon brought up the location on the computer screen. "Located in area C-17... the Port Room!" he exclaimed. He leaned forward to his amplifier. "All army proceed to area C-17! We have an intruder alert!"

The group of Tankmon, Mekanorimon and Guardromon piled into the corridors and headed to where the Port Stone was located.

But as they approached the heavily bolted door to the Port Room, the lone Mekanorimon that guarded it was missing. And the corridor was thick with smoke from an obvious hole that had been blasted in the wall.

A figure emerged from the destroyed wall and was just about seen through the smoke that continued to linger in the air.

"Halt!" a Tankmon roared. "Freeze! Do not move a muscle!"

The figure visibly turned his attention to the Tankmon and chuckled. He had a brown sack swung over his shoulder and it obviously had a large object inside. He lifted his right arm up.

"I said freeze!" Tankmon repeated, his voice growing louder.

The intruder was surrounded. Both sides of him were blocked by the army of machine Digimon. He simply smiled and formed a dark ball of energy in his hand.

"Attack!" Tankmon commanded, seeing their trespasser was about to attack.

"Hyper Cannon!"

"Twin Beam!"

"Grenade Destoryer!"

Their attacks almost merged as one as they headed towards their target...

With one swift fling on his arm, the mysterious figure threw his ball of energy to his right, before doing the same on the left. It disintegrated the army's attacks right away on impact.

It then wiped out the army on both sides in seconds, making it look so easy. The army tried to dodge the attack but it was too quick. The energy attack blasted along the corridor, destroying every Digimon it made contact with... until there was none.

Their screams echoed through the corridor as they were deleted instantly.

The intruder chuckled once more and pumped the palm of his hand up in the air, exploding a hole in the ceiling big enough for him to leap out of.

His evil laugh was heard booming across the grounds of Area 66 as he made his getaway...

.:Native Forest, Digital World:.

It was now late Saturday afternoon and the sun was slowly starting to set. Dawn, Dan, Jonathon and Margaret along with their Digimon partners were relaxing in a small clearing in the middle of the Native Forest, just beside a small lake.

"So how did it go?" Dan asked as he leaned back, resting his weight on his hands. "By how angry your Dad looked I'm surprised you weren't grounded for life!" he exclaimed.

"Ah my Dad can never stay mad at me." Dawn smiled confidently. "Sure he shouted at me, but it didn't last long. Mom didn't find out it was my fault either, otherwise she would have completely freaked and I'd be grounded for sure."

"So what happened to Sukamon and Chuumon afterwards?" Agumon asked.

Veemon motioned to where Jonathon was sat with Tentomon underneath a tree. "Jonathon showed up and took them back to his father's laboratory where they got sent back here." He explained.

Dan nodded. "I don't think they fully understood what they had done. It was like they were under a spell whilst they were Dogmon and Black KingNumemon. They knew what they had done but they didn't know how it happened if you know what I mean."

Dawn put her hands behind her head and leaned back against her own tree. "Yeah well one thing is for certain, they're not getting their supply of food. Especially after they snitched on me."

Margaret, who was sitting in the shade with Gatomon opened her eyes and looked at her cousin. "I can't believe it was you all along who was responsible for that. You could have got people hurt Dawn. All for a stupid school essay." She sighed.

Dawn rolled her eyes. "Give it a rests Maggie." She replied, calling her cousin by the nickname she had come up with ever since she was little. "I've heard it all from my Dad. I said I was sorry."

"It wouldn't have turned out as bad if they didn't switch personalities like Jekyll and Hyde." Agumon added.

"It was ridiculous." Jonathon muttered from behind the screen of his laptop.

Dawn sniggered and turned to face the older boy who was sat quite a bit away from her. "You're just upset because I got school cancelled for a few days and you're missing your precious science classes." She teased.

Jonathon's eyes looked up from his laptop. "You don't understand what trouble you caused yesterday do you? Don't you realise you put people's lives and education at risk. What if the school had been completely destroyed?"

Dawn game him a puzzled look. "You are one weird kid." she commented flatly.

Jonathon stood up. "What? Just because I care about my studies? It wouldn't hurt if you took an interest. Maybe then you wouldn't come up with these harebrained schemes all the time! If people were seriously hurt and everyone knew you caused it, you would be in big trouble. More than getting grounded by your parents that's for sure."

Dawn sighed irritably. "No one was hurt and I didn't get caught, so give it a rest will ya?"

Jonathon stared at the young Kamiya girl. "Not yet anyway." He muttered before sitting back down.

"And what was that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing."

Dawn glared at him with her brown eyes. She got to her feet, clenching her fists. "Listen, if you tell anyone I had something to do with it I'll make your life a living hell." She threatened.

Jonathon sighed and began to pack up his things. "I've had enough of this." He murmured.

Margaret watched him. "Where are you going?" she asked.

"Sorry Margaret. But I'm not gonna stay here and get threatened by someone who has an 80 lower IQ than I do. I'm going home." Jonathon replied as he put his bag on his back.

Dawn just huffed and turned her back on him as he and Tentomon left the clearing they were sat in, heading back to the portal they had travelled through.

Gatomon turned her head and looked up at the Kamiya girl. "Dawn, that wasn't very nice."

"Hey!" Dawn shot back. "I'm not gonna stand here and get threatened by a smart ass. He needs to chill out and realise life isn't always about school."

"And you need to think about others than yourself all the time." Margaret commented.

"Argh, whatever." Dawn muttered before sitting by the edge of the lake, letting her feet dangle over the edge and her shoes just touching the water. "It was just a stupid accident and they're making it out like I almost destroyed the world or something."

.:Thunder Mountain, Digital World:.

A creaking noise echoed as Stacey opened the door to her master's personal room. She stepped in followed by her Digimon partner Garurumon X. "You called, sir." She muttered to her master at the other end of the room.

The Undead King stopped what he was doing and turned to face the two who had just entered his chambers. "Ah Stacey, Garurumon X." He greeted them. "I want you to be the first to see my plan unfold." He spoke with a sly tone to his voice.

Stacey tilted to the side to get a peek at what he was hiding. It was something quite big under a large grey cover.

The Undead King stepped aside and with one quick movement of his right arm he swiped the grey cloth and flung it to the ground revealing what was hidden underneath it. The glow from the object as it was exposed caused the two to squint their eyes.

Garurumon X took a step forward in astonishment. "Sir, is that the legendary Port Stone?" his questioned was answered by a simple nod from his master. "But how did you get it? The Port Stone is heavily guarded in Area 66 and anyone who has managed to break in has never come out alive."

"It was quite simple really." His master replied proudly. "Those fools they call guards never tested me one bit. It was like taking a big piece of candy from a baby."

Stacey took another glance at the Port Stone. "So what exactly is this? Looks like a dumb big jewel to me." she commented.

The Undead King placed a gloved hand on the jewel. "With this precious jewel in my powerful hands, all the portals around the Digital World and earth have now been locked. No one can enter and no one can leave, of course for the exception of the Digital Splits."

Garurumon X turned to face his human partner. "The Port Stone is a jewel that controls all the portals across earth and the Digital World. Only Gennai and a select few have access to it. If the Port Stone is removed from its rightful place, the portals automatically lock." He grinned showing his teeth. "And with all the portals closed, those stupid brats can't come here and foil our plans. They'd never chance going through the Digital Splits with no certainty where they would land either way."

The Undead King nodded, also grinning. "Exactly. All part of my master plan. With those fools stuck on earth I can take over the entire Digital World and they can't do a single thing... and then when the time is right, I'll attack their world and wipe out the very existence of all humanity! It will be the perfect revenge!"

Garurumon X sniggered. "And we Digimon will rule all!"

Stacey cringed and turned around so her back was facing him. She never knew it would come to this.

.:Native Forest, Digital World:.

Jonathon and Tentomon were walking in silence. It had been that way since they had left the others by the lake. They were following the small dusty path that would lead them to where the portal was hidden amongst a circle of plants.

Tentomon looked at his human partner as he flew beside him. "Are you okay?" he asked, breaking the long silence.

Jonathon sighed. "It's just... argh! She makes me so mad sometimes!" he exclaimed. "You can never talk to her. She's always so stubborn."

"Everyone knows that. But it's just the way she is." Tentomon replied. "If she wasn't so hot headed and stubborn she wouldn't be Dawn Kamiya, would she?"

"I guess not." Jonathon mumbled. "She never shows a caring and sweet side though. She's always so defensive and... Selfish. I know that sounds mean but she is most of the time. I mean she doesn't seem to care that she put other people's lives in danger yesterday."

"Maybe because she didn't plan on it happening like it did. All she wanted was for Chuumon and Sukamon to play a few pranks and close the school for the day. I have to agree with Dan and say I doubt she would ever plan on putting others in danger. She may be selfish but she's not that cold hearted." Tentomon explained.

Jonathon paused as they had now come to the portal. "You know what... you're right Tentomon. I don't know what possessed me to think she would be that cruel to others. I guess it was a silly little prank that got out of hand." He got out his purple digivice. "And Dan's theory doesn't sound that farfetched. I'll run it by my father and see what he thinks."

Holding his digivice so the screen was pointing to the portal he said to Tentomon; "Come on. I'll apologise to Dawn later when she's cooled down." As he stood there, he was expecting to get sucked into the portal and transported home...

But nothing happened. They were both still stood there in the middle of the forest.

"Huh?" Jonathon looked at his digivice before trying once more. Still nothing. "What's going on here?" He shook his digivice a little before he bent down and observed the small television portal. His face soon turned a pale white as he saw the light on the screen was now red instead of green...

"Oh no... this is all we need..."

.:Area 66, Digital World:.

Centarumon approached the spot where the Port Stone once lived. The glass tube that it stood in had been smashed and pieces of the glass were scattered across the floor. Where the metal door once stood was now a large hole in the wall with rubble all over.

Centarumon carefully tread across the broken glass. He sighed and turned to Tankmon and Mekanorimon behind him, two of the few remaining guards that survived. "How did this happen?" he asked.

"We have no idea." Tankmon replied. "It's almost impossible to get through our security system. But somehow he did and gained entry to the Port room."

"Before destroying over half of your army!" Centarumon exclaimed, frustrated. "What I do not understand is how he gained entry? The only hole blasted in the wall was used for his escape route."

"The army are working on that as we speak Centarumon." Mekanorimon replied in a calm tone.

"Do you realise how serious this is? Whoever stole the Port Stone is planning something and doesn't want the DigiDestined involved. Without the stone, they can't enter the Digital World to help us." Centarumon explained.

"We understand sir. We are doing everything we can to try and trace the thief who stole the Port Stone. But with hardly any clues left, we have nowhere to start." Tankmon explained.

"The only ones to see the intruder have been destroyed." Mekanorimon added.

Centarumon sighed. "Just make sure everyone is on high alert and is patrolling this base around the clock! Any unauthorised person who arrives I want them captured and questioned!" he commanded.

"Yes sir." Both machine Digimon replied before leaving the partly destroyed room.

Centarumon sighed once more, this time longer. He looked at where the Port Stone used to be before looking up. "Gennai... how did it ever come to this?"

Jonathon and Tentomon were walking back to where they had left the others in the clearing by the lake. Neither one of them had spoke since the realisation that the portals were locked had sunk in.

The Izumi boy continued to stare at the ground as he walk, seemingly allowing his feet to move on their own as he was deep in thought. How did the portals lock themselves? What caused it? And more importantly, would they be able to re-open them and get home?

He could hear Dawn and Dan's laughter in the distance growing louder, which meant he was getting closer. Once he arrived, he moved a low hanging branch out of his way, and stepped in full view of the others with Tentomon following behind.

"Well, look whose back." Dawn mocked as she spotted Jonathon and Tentomon emerge from the depths of the forest. "I thought you were going home?"

Margaret noticed the look on the young boy's face. He looked distressed in some way. She got to her feet and walked towards him. "What's wrong?" she asked.

Jonathon opened his mouth but nothing came out at first. He took one look at the screen on his digivice. "The portal... it won't open."

Gatomon's ears pricked up. "What?" she walked over and stood next to her human partner.

"We arrived at the portal we came through." Tentomon began. "But when we tried to go through, it wouldn't work. It seemed to be locked."

Dawn just huffed and crossed her arms. "You sure you didn't break it?"

"We can just find another portal to travel through." Agumon added.

Jonathon shook his head. "All the portals are locked. That wouldn't work."

"How do you know? Have you been around the entire Digital World and tested them all?" Dan joked. He, Veemon, Agumon and Dawn laughed.

Jonathon sighed irritably. "I checked them all on my computer. They are locked. All of them."

Margaret gulped, trembling a little. "Then how are we supposed to get home?" she never thought her first trip in the Digital World would turn out like this.

"We'll just find a Digital Split. That'll get us back home." Veemon suggested.

Jonathon immediately shook his head. "I'd rather not. They could transport us anywhere in Tokyo. We could end up getting lost. It's getting late. We can't be stuck somewhere in the city at night, it would be dangerous." He explained.

"Well I don't intend to spend the night here." Dan commented.

"Why not?" Dawn asked facing her best friend. "This would be the perfect time for an adventure! We can camp out in the Digital World; it'll be so cool-"

"And dangerous." Jonathon interrupted. "Dawn, this isn't a vacation. We should call our parents to let them know what's happened. Maybe they could help us re-open the portal."

Dawn crossed her arms. "We don't need our parents help. We can take care of ourselves just fine. Now c'mon, if we're gonna be spending the night here let's find a cave or something."

"Good plan." Agumon agreed. "We don't wanna be stuck in the middle of the forest when it's dark. That's when the scary Digimon come out."

Margaret gulped and trembled a little. "S-scary Digimon? How scary?"

Dawn smirked devilishly and stepped towards her cousin. "Huge Digimon with monstrous features and razor-sharp teeth that they use to sink into their prey's skin."

"Stop it Dawn, that's not funny!" Margaret exclaimed, terrified as she stepped back.

Dawn laughed. "Ah c'mon it was just a joke. You know I wouldn't let anything happen to you. Just think of it as one big camping vacation." She nudged her cousin playfully in the side.

"Yeah, and instead of creepy insects and wild animals it's Digimon as big as houses roaming outside." Dan added with a chuckle.

Jonathon sighed. "It's far from it." He commented. "You two need to take things seriously."

"If you don't, one of these days you'll get into big trouble." Tentomon added.

"Jonathon?"

"Huh?" Jonathon heard his father's voice and held his digivice up to his face and spoke into the small microphone. "Dad?"

"What's going on there? Is everything alright?"

Jonathon sighed before replying; "We've got a predicament Dad. The portals have all locked."

.:Izumi Residence, Odaiba, Tokyo:.

Izzy sighed. "Yeah I know. I was doing some research when an alert appeared on my computer. I've monitored the portal signals and there are none linking to earth. I think they're all down."

"Yeah I checked them all on my computer with that programme you installed. We don't want to chance the Digital Splits in case we land in an unknown area in Tokyo and get lost." His son explained through his phone.

Izzy nodded although his son couldn't see. "I understand. I'm looking into this straight away. Only Gennai and a few had access to the key source of opening and closing the portals. I can't see how this has happened. Unless there is virus in the main system of the Digital World's programme. If that's the case it could take a while to track what exactly it is."

"So what should we do Dad? It's getting late."

"Find somewhere safe to spend the night. A cave, a building... anywhere where you're not sitting ducks for evil Digimon. Try and get as much rest as possible and I'll contact you in the morning with any updates." Izzy explained.

"Okay Dad. You better call Dawn, Margaret and Dan's parents too. They're here with me." Jonathon replied.

"Just stay together as a group and more importantly, stay safe." Izzy said with a hint of worry in his voice.

"We will Dad. I'll talk to you tomorrow."

.:Native Forest, Digital World:.

Jonathon pressed the top button on his digivice, ending the call with his father. He clipped his purple D-Power back on his belt.

Gatomon jumped onto her partner's shoulder. "Doesn't your father have any idea why this has happened?" she asked, her head tilted at a curious angle.

Jonathon shook his head. "No. Not yet anyway. He's gonna look into it and get back to us in the morning. Right now we're stuck here for at least tonight."

"I suggest, in the morning, if he hasn't solved the problem we travel through a Digital Split." Tentomon recommended.

Jonathon nodded in agreement. "I agree. It'll be safer to be in the city in the day than night. We can't chance that at the moment."

"If we can tackle huge monsters I think we can survive in the Tokyo nightlife." Dan commented with his arms crossed.

"For now, let's just do what Mr. Izumi says and find somewhere safe to spend the night." Gatomon said before jumping down onto the ground.

"Well." Dawn began, getting up from the rock she had sat down on earlier. "Let's start looking for a cave or something. We can't sleep out here."

"If I remember rightly, there should be one about a mile from here just at the foot of Infinity Mountain." Agumon piped up.

"Great work Agumon. Let's go!" Dawn exclaimed.

.:Thunder Mountain, Digital World:.

The Undead King smiled evilly as he stared at the Port Stone. "With this magnificent jewel in my hands I have the power to do anything I wish. I could wipe out those DigiDestined like dust."

Garurumon X was next to his master whilst Stacey was stood in the dark corner of the room, watching their every move and feeling like a spare part.

"Boss! Boss!" a lone Sharmamon, a rookie ogre-type Digimon, ran down the corridor calling his master's name. He burst through the door to the Undead King's personal room.

"What is it Sharmamon?" he muttered. "This had better be important. Can't you see I'm in the middle of something very important?" he motioned to the Port Stone beside him.

Sharmamon bowed apologetically. "I'm sorry to interrupt sir but I have important news." He lifted his head and looked up at his master who had turned his back on him. "The DigiDestined are in the Digital World."

"What?!" his master roared. "They're here! That ruins my whole..." he trailed off, in deep thought.

Garurumon X scoffed. "Why would we care about those little brats? We have more important issues at hand."

The Undead King held his hand up signalling for the X Digimon to stop talking. "Actually, we could use this to our advantage."

"But sir!" Garurumon X protested. "Surely we shouldn't be wasting time on those kids!"

"With the portals locked they can't escape and no one can come to their aid. We can easily destroy them and make it easier for when the time comes to take over the Digital World." The Undead King smirked.

Stacey cringed at the thought and turned her head to the wall, stepping further into the darkness.

"Shall I send a Digimon to attack them right away sir?" Sharmamon asked.

His master's red eyes turned to the right and gazed over to where the young girl was almost hidden in the darkness. "No." He replied, slightly amused. "You can go."

Even though she wasn't looking at him, Stacey knew that order was directed at her. She had already attacked her father; she wasn't going to do it again, this time to her friends.

The Undead King looked at Garurumon X. "You will both go and attack those children. Do not return until every single one is dead." He commanded.

"No..."

The Undead King's eyes darted back to the girl and he narrowed them. "What?!" he roared. "Are you refusing orders?! You will do as I say you little brat!"

"No, I won't!" she retorted. "You want them killed, you can do it yourself!" she stormed off towards the open door.

The Undead King raised his hand and flicked it to the right, causing the door to slam shut in front of the blonde haired girl.

She came to an abrupt stop and just stared at the wooden door in front of her.

"You are my slave so you will do as I say otherwise you'll be the first one on my death list." The Undead King hissed. "You will go with Garurumon X and dispose of those DigiDestined. If you fail to do so you will suffer greatly."

Garurumon X walked towards his human partner until he was almost on top of her. She could feel his breath on the back of her neck. "Do not worry sir. I'll make sure she follows orders."

Stacey felt chills run down her spine as his cold breath tickled her neck. How was she going to get out of this one?

To be continued...